Toy box



Sept. 28, 1926.

A M. R. QUINN ET AL.

TOY BOX Filed Oct. 21, 1925 Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

MICHAEL R. QUINN AND JOSEPH J. NELSON, F KENT, OHIO.

TOY BOX.

Application filed October 21, 1925.

The present invention relates to toys, and more particularly to boxes or containers for toys, it being the object of the invention to provide a box or container for a doll or other toy which may be used as a doll couch or bed,

" or the like, so as to have a double function.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a toy box of the character indicated which is simple and inexpensive in construction.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box as used for a doll couch or bed.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the box showing the body and cover thereof in the position they assume when the box is used for enclosing a doll or other toy.

Fig. 3 is a cross section showing the parts arranged as seen in Fig. 1.

The box may be composed of card-board or other suitable material, and comprises a body and a cover. The body comprises the bottom 7, back wall 8, front wall 9 and end or side walls 10, while the cover comprises the top 11 and the depending marginal rim 12 to fit telescopically within the body.

The rim 12 of the cover is of less height than the walls of the body, in order that the cover may be moved down in the body with the rim 12 seating on the bottom 7 of the 40 body, as seen in Fig. 3. This will provide a receptacle above the cover within the rim of the body for holding a doll or other toy.

In order that the box will resemble a couch or bed, the front and back walls are cut away at their upper edges, as at 13, to provide recesses or openings which preferably terminate short of the ends 10, to give a couch or bed efiect, as seen in Fig. 1. The lower edges of the cut-away portions 13 are preferably flush with the top 11 when the Serial No. 63,879.

cover is in its lowermost position, as seen 1n Figs. 1 and 3. In this position of the cover and body the box may be used as a couch or bed for a doll, or the body may be of such formation as to be used as a garage 5 for a toy automobile.

The box may be used to contain the toy when shipped or sold, or to store the toy away when not in use. WVhen the box contams the toy the cover is in its raised posi- 6 tion, as seen in Fig. 2, with the top 11 flush with the upper edges of the walls of the body, and the rim 12 of the cover will extend across and close the openings or cut-away portions 13.

Thus, the box may be used to contain a toy for transportation or storage, and may be used to hold the toy on the exterior, to give the box a dual function.

If desired, the opening 13 may be omitted in the back wall 8,making said wall of the same height from end to end, the same as the end or side walls 10. This gives the box a couch effect, whereas the openings at the front and back give a bed effect.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A toy box comprising a body having a bottom and walls, and a cover having a rim slidable within the body and seatable on the bottom of the body with the cover below the upper edges of said walls to provide a receptacle for the toy above the cover, the upper portion of the body being formed to give a couch effect when the cover is moved downwardly in the body to seat the rim on the bottom of the body.

2. A toy box comprising a body having a bottom and walls, and a cover having a rim slidable within the body and seatable on the bottom of the body with the cover below the upper edges of said walls to provide a receptacle for the toy above the cover, one of said walls being cut away at its upper portion to give a couch effect when the rim of the cover is seated on the bottom of the body.

3. A toy box comprising a body having a bottom and walls, and a cover having a rim slidable within the body, said rim being of less height than said walls to space the cover below the upper edges of said walls when disposed flush with the upper edges of said said rim seats on the bottom of the body, one walls.

of said walls having a cut away portion at In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our 10 its upper edge to give a couch effect to the signatures. box when the cover is seated on said bottom of the body, and the rim of the cover closing said cut-away portion when the cover is MICHAEL R. QUINN. JOSEPH J. NELSON. 

